Ascension Day Festival at Venice

CanalettoWW-1765-270201

1765·pen and brown ink with gray wash over traces of graphite, tip of the brush with black wash, heightened with a few touches of white gouache (laid on thick eighteenth-century paper)·overall: 38.7 × 55.5 cm (15 1/4 × 21 7/8 in.) mount: 46.3 × 63 cm (18 1/4 × 24 13/16 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1765
Medium: pen and brown ink with gray wash over traces of graphite, tip of the brush with black wash, heightened with a few touches of white gouache (laid on thick eighteenth-century paper)
Dimensions: overall: 38.7 × 55.5 cm (15 1/4 × 21 7/8 in.) mount: 46.3 × 63 cm (18 1/4 × 24 13/16 in.)
Collection: National Gallery of Art
Artist: Canaletto

Artist

Canaletto

Painting

Giovanni Antonio Canal, commonly known as Canaletto, was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.

Venice, Italy

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